When you’ve managed to have less class than Ray Lewis, then you are really in a league of your own, so to speak.
That’s what Rodney Harrison proved with his remarks, which managed to be not only thuggish, but sexist as well, and during the NFL’s breast cancer awareness weekend to boot.
It was obvious to anyone watching the game that Suggs dove for Brady’s legs in a blatant attempt to injure him and get him out of the game. If Brady hadn’t managed to move to the side, he might’ve been out for the season if not worse. And for the record, I am NOT a Patriots fan by any means.
By the “logic” that Lewis, Harrison and others are applying, then maybe if someone fires a gun at someone else, but misses, then no crime has been committed. Hey, after all, no one got hurt, right?

Hey John, I think you need to take your skirt off too. What Rodney Harrison said was about the game of football so what did it have to do with sexism or breast cancer awareness? Suggs hardly touched Brady and it was a bad call for the ref to call roughing the passer on that play, point blank. You sound like a republican the way you bring other issues into what is simply a man reacting to what he saw as a bad call. Get over yourself.

True, there were a few bad “roughing the passer” calls in this game, I felt. I will have to watch the replay for the specifics, but I remember on one play the defender lurched toward the quarterback (not the Suggs call)with a bear hug and his hand slide off the quarterback’s shoulder pads and brushed the mask…instant RTP call. I believe in reasonable protection for players but I think the refs are going a little too far with some of these calls. It should be about intent and not some knee jerk reaction (sorry couldn’t resist) to what is obviously players just trying to make a tackle.

I think the Suggs call was a fallout from the “Brady rule” as the league’s Competition Committee states about the rule, “..specifically prohibits a defender on the ground who hasn’t been blocked or fouled directly into the quarterback from lunging or diving at the quarterback’s lower legs. If Brady didn’t step aside, would Suggs have hit him in the knee area?

@John, I have to agree with Will in that Rodney’s comment about Brady was another way of saying “man up” and in no way was it meant to demean women.

@Will, and you practice what you preach and don’t bring politics into a discussion about football. Your inflammatory comments about politics don’t belong here either.

As for Rodney’s comment on Brady, he knows him well enough so I will leave it between the two of them. These are football players not prissy sensitive types.

Suggs clearly dove for Brady’s leg, so who the hell cares what Brady does in reaction to it–Suggs violated the rule and got flagged, simple as that. And as for Rodney Harrison’s comment, no he wasn’t trying to be sexist but the comment was probably not the most sensible one to make during breast care awareness week in the NFL, simple as that. Will, you really didn’t say anything useful in your little reply buy made yourself sound like a bigoted asshole yourself. By saying you “sound like a republican” you are destroying your own argument about bringing irrelevant issues into context– ASSHOLE. Get over yourself.

I wasn’t clear in my previous post. I was asking (in so many words) if it looked like Suggs targeted Brady low or if he just passed by his leg. As I stated I needed to look at the play again and I just did on Youtube. It’s not clear he deliberately dove for Brady’s legs. From the replay, Suggs is coming around the OL and charges in on Brady and it looks like he trips (watch his right foot) and falls. His arms are out front to brace the fall not to trap Brady’s legs (maybe). You can also see by the way he landed that his body was angled away from Brady. Regardless, if Brady didn’t move he would have crashed into Brady’s leg and that was frightening given the size of the guy. But as you said, whether it was intentional or not, the rule is the rule and Suggs merely being close to his knee like that violated the rule. Heck, we got hit with a few roughing the passer calls as well.

JJ first of all, why do you feel the need to use profanity against me and resort to name calling when I did no such thing. So now we’re bringing race into the conversation? What makes me sound bigoted? Because I called out John for bringing issues into a conversation that had nothing to do with the topic at hand and said that because of it he sounds like a republican? Perhaps you need to look up the word bigot in the dictionary and know what you are saying before you say it. I can admit my error in the republican comment against John but let me ask you, do you think you said anything useful in your little temper tantrum? Grow up and learn to respect another man even if you don’t agree with him.

@John, I disagreed with your analysis but I didn’t have to be disrespectful in my disagreement. My apologies.
@Mark, you’re absolutely right that I need to practice what I preach and again, I admit my error.
@JJ, If you’re trying to defend a person or an idea don’t take things even lower by doing the same thing you thought to be wrong.

Hey John your an IDIOT. First your talking about firing a gun at someone and football. I mean thats the dumbest thing I ever heard. Nothing to do with eachother. Second,you should take your panties off and realize its a contact sport and things happen. He barely touched Brady and a flag should not have been thrown. I seen Joe Flacco take 6 hard hits in that game and only 1 flag was thrown. Its all about who you are. They are atheletes and should be able to dodge a tackle.

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